drama
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Ben Platt stars in Broken Diamonds : a familial mental health drama
Broken Diamonds is a new mental health drama that is the sophomore feature from director Peter Sattler, from a script by Steve Waverly. Well done on every level, it will still make disturbing viewing to many whose lives have been touched by similar situations. And even to those whose families have at some time…
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Joe Bell : a gay film for straight eyes
Mark Wahlberg may be the headliner in this poorly conceived melodrama, but it is 21-year-old Reid Miller who shines through as the real star. Based on a true story, which has been disappointedly adapted for the screen by Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain) this is a gay drama made specifically for straight eyes. It…
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Ronnie Larsen : Sex (with smiles) in South Florida
Wikipedia always says it like it really is For out-gay South Floridian Ronnie Larsen, the entry says he “is a playwright and film director specializing in writing plays about sex”. Like his play Making Porn which was about the gay porn industry in the 1980s, and the production was notable for casting gay…
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SAINT NARCISSE from queer auteur Bruce La Bruce
A new film from the Canadian queer auteur Bruce La Bruce is always an event. We are careful not to include him as part of the wave of new queer cinema that the leading Film scholar Ruby B Rich first recognized. LaBruce is one of the leaders of the queercore movement which is. noted…
